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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-757-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-757-2016
Research article
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30 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2016

The sensitivity of landscape evolution models to spatial and temporal rainfall resolution

Tom J. Coulthard and Christopher J. Skinner

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Landscape evolution models are driven by climate or precipitation data. We show that higher-resolution data lead to greater basin sediment yields (> 100 % increase) despite minimal changes in hydrological outputs. Spatially, simulations over 1000 years show finer-resolution data lead to a systematic bias of more erosion in headwater streams with more deposition in valley floors. This could have important implications for the long-term predictions of past and present landscape evolution models.
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